William Davies Evans

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William Evans
William Evans

Captain William Davies Evans (27 January 1790 – 3 August 1872) was a chess player.

Evans was born at St Dogwells, Pembrokeshire, Wales. His greatest claim to fame was the invention of the Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4). In 1824, while commanding a steam packet that sailed from Waterford, Ireland and Milford, Wales, that Evans discovered the gambit.

In the 1930's, Captain Evans also invented a safety system of green, red, and white lights at sea.

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